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today we put a spotlight on iowa. joining us from des moines is a senior political writer with the associated press, mike glover. what is the economy like in the iowa? guest: the economy is probably better than the rest of the country. it's not great, but we have not suffered the depths of the recession that some other parts of the country have. the economy is less of an issue than it is in many other places around. basically because the farm economy is pretty good this year. commodity prices aren't up, land prices -- commodity prices are up as well as land prices. so there's not a lot of economic uncertainty. host: what are the top issues that iowa voters are thinking? guest: it depends on what group you are talking to. on the republican side, the topics they are talking about are the social issues. that's very important. it has driven republican politics in the state increasingly. they care lot about social issues. they care a lot about those kinds of personal issues that drive voters. so that drives the republican
today we put a spotlight on iowa. joining us from des moines is a senior political writer with the associated press, mike glover. what is the economy like in the iowa? guest: the economy is probably better than the rest of the country. it's not great, but we have not suffered the depths of the recession that some other parts of the country have. the economy is less of an issue than it is in many other places around. basically because the farm economy is pretty good this year. commodity prices...
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over one million dollars came into the state of iowa. that's big money in iowa. and, and they were successful. and a lot of people were surprised. they never expected that this would happen in our state. so justice not politics has been in operation since that time. and we're prepared this time to be able to turn that around. >> the "no wiggins" bus tour went to 15 different communities in iowa. but we followed up with our own bus tour, giving the real story of why we ought to keep our merit selection process in iowa and asking people to vote yes on wiggins. >>> the court and justice wiggins did not amend the constitution from the bench. the truth of the matter is, they applied the constitution. the constitution remains the same. >> but where were you two years ago? because they tossed out three of the judges who participated in that decision upholding gay marriage. >> we got a late start, for sure. and, and we were underfunded. and we didn't have a good message. and we failed. but i think iowans are awake now to the possibilities of what can happen if you're jus
over one million dollars came into the state of iowa. that's big money in iowa. and, and they were successful. and a lot of people were surprised. they never expected that this would happen in our state. so justice not politics has been in operation since that time. and we're prepared this time to be able to turn that around. >> the "no wiggins" bus tour went to 15 different communities in iowa. but we followed up with our own bus tour, giving the real story of why we ought to...
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represents iowa? >> i did not hear the answer to the question -- that was about nancy pelosi. this is what i know. i know that if christie vilsack is elected to the united states congress, the first vote she would put up would be the vote for nancy pelosi. you have to stand up and you have to shout the name of the personnel you vote for for speaker of the house. that is the question -- i did not hear the answer. >> first of all, we have no idea whether nancy pelosi be a candidate for speaker of the house. there may be other people. i would never presume before i had a job to answer a question like that. i would take into consideration the other people who might be interested in the job. i'll make the decision at that time. there is no assurance that would vote for nancy pelosi or anybody else until i get the job. >> one thing about ads are both running -- we to accuse the other of not being a person who embodies iowa values. i would like each of you to in one sentence to describe to me what iowa value
represents iowa? >> i did not hear the answer to the question -- that was about nancy pelosi. this is what i know. i know that if christie vilsack is elected to the united states congress, the first vote she would put up would be the vote for nancy pelosi. you have to stand up and you have to shout the name of the personnel you vote for for speaker of the house. that is the question -- i did not hear the answer. >> first of all, we have no idea whether nancy pelosi be a candidate...
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represents iowa? >> i did not hear the answer to the question -- that was about nancy pelosi. this is what i know. i know that if christie vilsack is elected to the united states congress, the first vote she would put up would be the vote for nancy pelosi. you have to stand up and you have to shout the name of the personnel you vote for for speaker of the house. that is the question -- i did not hear the answer. >> first of all, we have no idea whether nancy pelosi be a candidate for speaker of the house. there may be other people. i would never presume before i had a job to answer a question like that. i would take into consideration the other people who might be interested in the job. i'll make the decision at that time. there is no assurance that would vote for nancy pelosi or anybody else until i get the job. >> one thing about ads are both running -- we to accuse the other of not being a person who embodies iowa values. i would like each of you to in one sentence to describe to me what iowa value
represents iowa? >> i did not hear the answer to the question -- that was about nancy pelosi. this is what i know. i know that if christie vilsack is elected to the united states congress, the first vote she would put up would be the vote for nancy pelosi. you have to stand up and you have to shout the name of the personnel you vote for for speaker of the house. that is the question -- i did not hear the answer. >> first of all, we have no idea whether nancy pelosi be a candidate...
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only the people of iowa were allowed to vote on this issue. and iowans are very intelligent, they're very savvy. they voted those three justices off, and i think there were 76 judges on that ballot that year, only those three judges lost their job. everybody else kept their job. >> reporter: vander plaats says he does not want to see the courts politicized, doesn't want to see judges campaigning door-to-door. it was, he says, the iowa supreme court "extremist" justices who inserted politics into the system. >> if you really value a fair and impartial judiciary then you have to ask yourself, you know, what about these people who are politicizing the judicial branch and who are going after judges knowing that it's difficult for judges to respond, knowing that when a judge responds that automatically throws their integrity into question. >> reporter: the gay marriage decision was unanimous. all seven justices -- some democrat, some republican -- voted to invalidate iowa's ban. in iowa, the governor appoints the justices who then have staggered te
only the people of iowa were allowed to vote on this issue. and iowans are very intelligent, they're very savvy. they voted those three justices off, and i think there were 76 judges on that ballot that year, only those three judges lost their job. everybody else kept their job. >> reporter: vander plaats says he does not want to see the courts politicized, doesn't want to see judges campaigning door-to-door. it was, he says, the iowa supreme court "extremist" justices who...
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represents iowa? >> i did not hear the answer to the question -- that was about nancy pelosi. this is what i know. i know that if christie vilsack is elected to the united states congress, the first vote she would put up would be the vote for nancy pelosi. you have to stand up and you have to shout the name of the personnel you vote for for speaker of the house. that is the question -- i did not hear the answer. >> first of all, we have no idea whether nancy pelosi be a candidate for speaker of the house. there may be other people. i would never presume before i had a job to answer a question like that. i would take into consideration the other people who might be interested in the job. i'll make the decision at that time. there is no assurance that would vote for nancy pelosi or anybody else until i get the job. >> one thing about ads are both running -- we to accuse the other of not being a person who embodies iowa values. i would like each of you to in one sentence to describe to me what iowa value
represents iowa? >> i did not hear the answer to the question -- that was about nancy pelosi. this is what i know. i know that if christie vilsack is elected to the united states congress, the first vote she would put up would be the vote for nancy pelosi. you have to stand up and you have to shout the name of the personnel you vote for for speaker of the house. that is the question -- i did not hear the answer. >> first of all, we have no idea whether nancy pelosi be a candidate...
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kay henderson, the news director for radio iowa. she's been covering politics here for 28 years. >> they are targeting voters who they might consider to be less likely to be republican voters, maybe someone who cast a ballot for the first time in 2010 in 20 years and may have voted for a republican congressman. they're hoping to get those people to cast this vote in this 40 day window before election day to, as they say around here, bank the votes, make a deposit, if you will. >> reporter: a recent des moines register poll found less than 2% of iowa voters were undecided, which means the campaigns could benefit from locking in votes early. >> voting early gives us a better idea of who's going to >> reporter: 17-year-old sabrina fest is one of many volunteers the romney campaign says has helped them make more than a million phone calls in the state. keep in mind, iowa has a population just over three million. how many phone calls have you made just today? >> i'm not sure. they say the average is about 50 per hour, but i use two phone
kay henderson, the news director for radio iowa. she's been covering politics here for 28 years. >> they are targeting voters who they might consider to be less likely to be republican voters, maybe someone who cast a ballot for the first time in 2010 in 20 years and may have voted for a republican congressman. they're hoping to get those people to cast this vote in this 40 day window before election day to, as they say around here, bank the votes, make a deposit, if you will. >>...
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so iowa, we can't -- i want you to know, i want you to know folks here in iowa, understand this, you cannot grow this economy from the top down. you grow this economy from the middle class up. we're not going to go back to what we were doing before. we're moving forward and that's why i'm running for second term as president. now governor romney also took another stab at trying to sell us his $5 trillion tax cut that favors the wealthy. he said heel let you know how he's going to pay for it after the election. here's a tip. usually when a politician tells you they're going to wait until after the election to tell tu plan, they don't have a pleasant surprise in store for you. and in this case it's because just about everybody who has looked at governor romney's $5 trillion in tax cuts say it can't be done without racing taxes. he says he has a plan to create 12 million new jobs in the next four years. but when folks started crunching the numbers, it fell apart faster than his tax plan. turns out his job math isn't any better than his tax math. "the washington post" called it a bang sw
so iowa, we can't -- i want you to know, i want you to know folks here in iowa, understand this, you cannot grow this economy from the top down. you grow this economy from the middle class up. we're not going to go back to what we were doing before. we're moving forward and that's why i'm running for second term as president. now governor romney also took another stab at trying to sell us his $5 trillion tax cut that favors the wealthy. he said heel let you know how he's going to pay for it...
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in iowa things are pretty good. 5.2% unemployment rate, so i'm wonderi wondering, are people in iowa feeling more like unemployment is at 5% or more like unemployment is at 7.8%? >> i think that depends on who you ask and when you and. if you talk about -- it's interesting to watch republicans, for example, in charge of the state, republican governor, for example. simultaneously touting the fact that the economy is on the move under his administration, and yet, you know, making the point that nationally the economy is still in bad shape. i think that iowa voters have been pretty clear that they feel better about the way things are going until the state than about the nation. you know, obviously, we're all paying attention to the national news, you know, here today in iowa. everyone is hanging on the news about hurricane sandy and what's happening to our friends on the east coast. so, you know, people do pay attention to the national and not just what's going on in their own neighborhood. >> what jumped out at me about this endorsement if you read the register's endorsement offal romn
in iowa things are pretty good. 5.2% unemployment rate, so i'm wonderi wondering, are people in iowa feeling more like unemployment is at 5% or more like unemployment is at 7.8%? >> i think that depends on who you ask and when you and. if you talk about -- it's interesting to watch republicans, for example, in charge of the state, republican governor, for example. simultaneously touting the fact that the economy is on the move under his administration, and yet, you know, making the point...
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host: how much our ads like that one resonating in iowa? guest: that's a really big deal in iowa. barack obama, if you look at the polling data, he has built a pretty significant lead among women voters. these are issues women care a lot about. barack obama is directly addressing them, directly saying, if you want your rights as a woman to plan your own life, your rights as a woman, to table to assert yourself, you better vote for me, because mitt romney will rein in those rights. that issue resonates very strongly around iowa. women voters can make a difference in this election. if you look at polling, the polling among male voters is pretty even. among women voters, barack obama has a pretty strong lead. this election in iowa and in many other states, i think, is going to be a turn out game -- who can get their voters to the polls on election day. barack obama, to say, i have a lead with women voters, so let's make sure we get them out on election day and let's give them a reason to show up. this is what he thinks is the reason women will show up and vote for employer. host: a s
host: how much our ads like that one resonating in iowa? guest: that's a really big deal in iowa. barack obama, if you look at the polling data, he has built a pretty significant lead among women voters. these are issues women care a lot about. barack obama is directly addressing them, directly saying, if you want your rights as a woman to plan your own life, your rights as a woman, to table to assert yourself, you better vote for me, because mitt romney will rein in those rights. that issue...
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ohio, iowa, wisconsin. why for the president if they're not his election day firewall he's in big trouble. >>> in today's "deep dive" a deeper look at the battleground map. focusing on the obama campaign's midwest firewall, if you will. iowa, wisconsin, ohio. the campaign is bringing out big names to shore up the states not only dispatching former president clinton but the boss m man, bruce springsteen. events in ohio and iowa tied to early voting. clinton campaigns in wisconsin today. there is no question both campaigns know the importance of the midwest and they are flooding the field. take a look at this week's top ten ad markets. the most saturated tv markets, two in wisconsin. one that straddles the iowa/wisconsin border and four in ohio. tells you everything you need to know. the president still holding leads in iowa and in wisconsin. so what does that mean on the maps? this is the new cool stuff. you've seep n it this way. let me show it to you another way. my kids' favorite app is stack the states.
ohio, iowa, wisconsin. why for the president if they're not his election day firewall he's in big trouble. >>> in today's "deep dive" a deeper look at the battleground map. focusing on the obama campaign's midwest firewall, if you will. iowa, wisconsin, ohio. the campaign is bringing out big names to shore up the states not only dispatching former president clinton but the boss m man, bruce springsteen. events in ohio and iowa tied to early voting. clinton campaigns in...
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so why is iowa so critical? joining me now is stefan schmidt, a professor of political science at iowa state university. stefan, thanks for joining us. the romney campaign believes the race is closer than our poll is suggesting at the moment, and early vote cog be the issue. the poll finds 34% of likely voters have already cast their ballot, and the president leads in that voting specifically 2-1. but among election-day voters, mr. romney is likely to do better in our poll finding that 54% of those who would vote for mr. romney versus to 39% to mr. obama. when you look at this the absentee ballots could help mr. romney. lay this all out for us. >> you know, the polls have been all over the place, richard. and i am a big skeptic this year of the accuracy of the polls. any one given poll has shown barack obama blowing away mitt romney with the women's vote, and suddenly it tightens up and mitt romney is ahead. i think it's a very volatile, and as in iowa as in other places, it is touch and go. and i think it's goi
so why is iowa so critical? joining me now is stefan schmidt, a professor of political science at iowa state university. stefan, thanks for joining us. the romney campaign believes the race is closer than our poll is suggesting at the moment, and early vote cog be the issue. the poll finds 34% of likely voters have already cast their ballot, and the president leads in that voting specifically 2-1. but among election-day voters, mr. romney is likely to do better in our poll finding that 54% of...
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tighter in iowa, but still a slim margin there? >> iowa has nostalgia for the obama campaign when he defeated hillary clinton there. of course, he won iowa against john mccain in 2008. polls have always shown president obama up by a couple of points in iowa. that has tightened a little bit but the democrats are feeling confident about iowa, a two- or three-point cushion for the president there. and some of the issues for iowa are different from the rest of the nation. another thing they can point out, they can afford to lose iowa. as long as the president wins nevada and ohio, let iowa go and new hampshire. they're going to continue to hard there but there are a lot more different places where the president can get the 271. >> eliot: it sounds like the president may not be sleeping well, but he's sleeping better than mitt romney if you sum it all up. david shuster, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> eliot: i'm heading over to hbo for realtime with bill maher. i'll see you back here on monday.
tighter in iowa, but still a slim margin there? >> iowa has nostalgia for the obama campaign when he defeated hillary clinton there. of course, he won iowa against john mccain in 2008. polls have always shown president obama up by a couple of points in iowa. that has tightened a little bit but the democrats are feeling confident about iowa, a two- or three-point cushion for the president there. and some of the issues for iowa are different from the rest of the nation. another thing they...
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it's ohio, wisconsin and iowa. if they lose everything else, hold all their lean states, they are 72 without those three states. so it's about shaking off one of those three. it doesn't have to be ohio, you know. look, it makes their job harder. it means more states. and that's why they're doubling down in ohio. they believe they've made up a lot more progress in ohio than some of the polling has indicated. and the fact is they're spending a lot of time there. let's see what romney's schedule is over the next two weeks. but there was one other tell i feel like we're in the middle of and why you can tell that i feel like it's the obama campaign in a defensive posture trying to sort of hope this campaign -- this election happens just before they go below the 270 mark and why romney looks like he's on offense. when you looked at the battleground states three months ago, we said if they're spending -- the month of october in florida, north carolina and virginia, advantage obama. if october feels like it's about the mid
it's ohio, wisconsin and iowa. if they lose everything else, hold all their lean states, they are 72 without those three states. so it's about shaking off one of those three. it doesn't have to be ohio, you know. look, it makes their job harder. it means more states. and that's why they're doubling down in ohio. they believe they've made up a lot more progress in ohio than some of the polling has indicated. and the fact is they're spending a lot of time there. let's see what romney's schedule...
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and david muir is in the battleground state of iowa tonight. david? >> reporter: diane, good evening. the women's right to choose. front and center in the news because what a senator candidate said in a debate. he was just endorsed by mitt romney. >> reporter: tonight they are words that have caused a firestorm - from a senate candidate who just days ago put up this ad - an endorsement from mitt romney. >> this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> reporter: now that senate candidate, reigniting a flashpoint -- when asked if he supported abortion in cases of rape, he said this -- >> i came to realize that life is a gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god intended to happen. >> reporter: within hours, the romney campaign trying to distance itself, saying those comments don't reflect romney's views. but, romney would continue to support him. for mitt romney, it complicates his final push to appeal to more women voters. president obama leads among women. but among whit
and david muir is in the battleground state of iowa tonight. david? >> reporter: diane, good evening. the women's right to choose. front and center in the news because what a senator candidate said in a debate. he was just endorsed by mitt romney. >> reporter: tonight they are words that have caused a firestorm - from a senate candidate who just days ago put up this ad - an endorsement from mitt romney. >> this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >>...
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going from iowa, colorado to nevada. but the president talking about the importance of the public trust and having the public trust and that mitt romney continues to distort public trust with romnesia. i want to bringing in today's political power panel, perry bacon, also editor for the grio, msnbc ari melber, also a correspondent for the nation and republican strategist alice store. ari, i want to start with you. it's wild to watch as we're down to the final stretch here. take a peek. the race coming down to seven states. jim messina of the obama campaign insisted yesterday they're not cutting any states loose, but there are some swing states that you think the obama campaign has reconfigured. what are they? >> look, north carolina is a state where the president did very well last time. they registered a lot of voters. virginia is another state where they won that for the first time for a democrat since lbj. those are two places where i don't think they're going to be as bullish. in contrast ohio is a place you have ear
going from iowa, colorado to nevada. but the president talking about the importance of the public trust and having the public trust and that mitt romney continues to distort public trust with romnesia. i want to bringing in today's political power panel, perry bacon, also editor for the grio, msnbc ari melber, also a correspondent for the nation and republican strategist alice store. ari, i want to start with you. it's wild to watch as we're down to the final stretch here. take a peek. the race...
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so that's iowa. that is the payoff of democrats stressing early voting so much and now you know why republican state officials have been trying to hard to get rid of early voting everywhere they can. the other state where we got data on early voting today was wisconsin. now, in wisconsin, here are the voter preferences of early voters in that state. right? look at it in wisconsin. proportion is almost exactly the same. among people who are early voting in wisconsin, president obama has a 29-point lead. a hugely disproportionate split for president obama among people who are voting early. the difference, though, is that while in iowa, more than a third of the electorate have already early voted, in wisconsin, only 6% of the electorate have early voted. they're voting for obama by a huge margin, but there just aren't have many of them. so president obama is winning by a lot more in iowa than he was winning in wisconsin, but still he is winning in both states. that is some of the state of the race right
so that's iowa. that is the payoff of democrats stressing early voting so much and now you know why republican state officials have been trying to hard to get rid of early voting everywhere they can. the other state where we got data on early voting today was wisconsin. now, in wisconsin, here are the voter preferences of early voters in that state. right? look at it in wisconsin. proportion is almost exactly the same. among people who are early voting in wisconsin, president obama has a...
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i hear each day since the debate, iowa, iowa, iowa, not ohio. iowa. >>carl: if there is a tie and it is up to ohio it is where both president obama and mitt romney expected it to be. if it is a tie and we have recounts some think iowa could an surprise. >>shepard: iowa has been leaning democrat for a long-term and now some of the maps have it as a toss up. >> they are all a margin of error. in the past we would say it is "leaning" but someone could be ahead six, seven, eight or nine points. now it is just a small fraction. the ground game now becomes increasingly important. after the foreign policy speech on monday there is not much less to do but campaign as hard as they possibly can and get as many to vote because new policies and discussion is not likely to move anymore. >>shepard: have the places where the campaign for the president is allocating money, has that change? >>carl: in north carolina they do not compete as hard. they realized that is slipping away. florida is where they are looking with the debate on monday and after that the president
i hear each day since the debate, iowa, iowa, iowa, not ohio. iowa. >>carl: if there is a tie and it is up to ohio it is where both president obama and mitt romney expected it to be. if it is a tie and we have recounts some think iowa could an surprise. >>shepard: iowa has been leaning democrat for a long-term and now some of the maps have it as a toss up. >> they are all a margin of error. in the past we would say it is "leaning" but someone could be ahead six,...
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people in iowa understand that. you need a plan and have to get in a room and have the temperament to work out the res. we can proceed forward. it's a good place to start. move forward. negotiate prescription drugs so that we can save costs there. let's look for waste in medicare. we can save a lot of money there. there's a lot of cost savings that we have here. i talked with the governor of oregon who says -- >> moderator: that's your time, mrs. vilsack. congressman king, you have 30 seconds to continue your previous answer or rebut if you'd like. king: we had a room for mrs. vilsack for her in ames, but she was not there. i was there, as i said, for weeks in advance. to follow-up on this, we need full deductibility for health insurance premiums and allow for the pre-existing conditions in this way, and that's high risk pools like in the state of iowa that i helped manage and chair the committee, and there's many components here, but cannot sever the relationship between doctors and patients, and we have to allow f
people in iowa understand that. you need a plan and have to get in a room and have the temperament to work out the res. we can proceed forward. it's a good place to start. move forward. negotiate prescription drugs so that we can save costs there. let's look for waste in medicare. we can save a lot of money there. there's a lot of cost savings that we have here. i talked with the governor of oregon who says -- >> moderator: that's your time, mrs. vilsack. congressman king, you have 30...
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the early vote we're seeing in iowa looks very good for obama. it seems to be confirming your own poll actually which had a subsample of early voters. we see very good numbers for obama. with over 300,000 people voting in iowa, it's the highest volume of early voting we're seeing in any state. the numbers are really starting to pile up. it's so lidifying it and mitt romney has his work cut out for him in that state. >> what's driving all of that? yesterday, bill clinton, michelle obama, they were pushing the early voting drive in wisconsin, the get out the vote now or on election day. what do you think it is that's driving people to the polls right now? >> part of it is, i think, that people are just kind of sick of the election. it's been going on for quite a while. >> wait, michael. does that mean to say that if people cast their vote, do you think they say, i'm done? i tune out. >> they are in fact done. the campaigns won't phone them anymore. they won't send them any mail. election officials share that information with the campaigns, who's al
the early vote we're seeing in iowa looks very good for obama. it seems to be confirming your own poll actually which had a subsample of early voters. we see very good numbers for obama. with over 300,000 people voting in iowa, it's the highest volume of early voting we're seeing in any state. the numbers are really starting to pile up. it's so lidifying it and mitt romney has his work cut out for him in that state. >> what's driving all of that? yesterday, bill clinton, michelle obama,...
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tell me about iowa and your thoughts on carl's thoughts on the strategy. >> bob: carl's thoughts on iowa, his general thoughts, if you continue in iowa is probably right. they're good headlines for romney in the state of iowa. iowa is not a state that goes big on negatives. and so, i think that probably make sense. let's keep in mind in 2000, karl rove's strategy was to express optimism and express they were winning and had momentum. express they were way out in front. in fact, they went to california and campaigned for a couple of days. thought they were going to get 330 plus electoral votes and we know what happened in 2000. it's an old strategy not a new one. it's one that is frankly a little bit shallow unless you have something behind it. >> dana: what about the economic numbers in the states where they were campaigning today? iowa and then you had the other swing ones. yesterday, we talked about the unemployment rates and those ones. the trajectory for iowa has been good. down from where it was. unemployment rate is up. >> eric: up from when president obama took office. higher than
tell me about iowa and your thoughts on carl's thoughts on the strategy. >> bob: carl's thoughts on iowa, his general thoughts, if you continue in iowa is probably right. they're good headlines for romney in the state of iowa. iowa is not a state that goes big on negatives. and so, i think that probably make sense. let's keep in mind in 2000, karl rove's strategy was to express optimism and express they were winning and had momentum. express they were way out in front. in fact, they went...